Weather-strip for doors.



No. 746,416. PATENTED DEG. 8,1903.

W. P. VEBER. WEATHER STRIP FOR DOORS.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 1, 1903.

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To all whom it may concern:

Patented December 8, 1903.

LUNI'TED' STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F VEBER, OF BO WLING GREEN, OHIOF WEATHER-STRIP FOR DO ORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 746,416, dated December8, 1903.

A pplication filed October 1,1903 Serial No 175.337. (No model-l I tion,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis windows, &c., and comprises a sliding springactuated membercomprising two metallic strips which are spaced apart and adapted toclamp a piece of flexible material which is adapted to be held snuglyagainst the threshold of a door or the sill of a window as the same isclosed.

More specifically the invention comprises a recessed strip which isadapted for attachment to the edge of a door or window and having amember comprising two metallic strips spaced apart and clamping a pieceof flexible material and in the provision of pivotal links mounted uponpins carried in recesses and connected to the metallic strips, whileaspring is provided for normally throwing the metallic strips backagainst a shouldered portion of the recessed strip, while correspondingends of the metallic strips are bent at an angle and serve as anabutment which is designed to contact with an adj 11stable screw held bythe jamb of the door or window, whereby the force with which theweather-strip is to bear against the threshold or sill is regulated.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction,combinations, and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a door, showing myimproved weather-strip applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation ofthe recessed board which carries the weatherstrip. Fig. 3 is across-sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 2,.and Fig. at is an edge viewof the end of the strip.

Ret'erence now being had to thedetails of the drawings by letter, ,Adesignates a door hinged to a suitable jamb, and B designates a boardwhich is recessed on its inner face, as at B, and C is a weatherstrip-.clamping member, made up, preferably, of two pieces of metal whichhave their ends bent, as at O, at an angle from the end of said board.When said clamping member is adjusted in place, its outer face is flushwith the recessed face of the board. Pins D are mounted upon said boardand in the ofisets D from said recesses,'and links Eare pivotallymounted upon said pins at their upper ends, while the lower ends arepivotally mounted upon pins F, which are held in apertures in themetallic clamping-strips C. Said metallic strips 0 clamp aflexibleweather-strip H, the latter being held between the metallicstrips by means of rivets H, while a space in intervenes in the rear ofthe weather-strip and the upper edges of the board sufficient to allowthe links to have play therein. Intermediate the links is mounted a pinK in an ofiset from said recess, and a spring N is coiled about'said pinK, one end of which engages the edge of the ofiset in said recess, whileits other end bears against a pin 0, mounted in apertures in said strip0. The office of said spring is to normally hold the member which hastwo metallic weather-stripclamping pieces against the shoulder of saidrecess when the door or window equipped with my improved apparatus isnot in use.

R designates an adjusting-screw which is adapted to be held in the jambof a door or window, and the head of said screw is designed to be in thepath of the clamping member 0, whereby as the door carrying the latterswings into a closed relation said angled end will contact with the headof the screw and cause the weather-strip to be pushed slightlylongitudinally and downward, which will cause the flexible weather-stripto snugly bind against the sill of the door. By adj usting said screw itwill be observed that the weather-strip may be held lightly or withconsiderable pressure against the threshold of said sill, and when thedoor is opened the spring will return the weather-strip to its raisedposition.

From the foregoing it will be observed that by the provision of aweather-strip embodying the features of my invention the operative partsare housed and protected from the elements, while the device isautomatic in its action and affords a tight fit against the threshold ofthe door and binds the latter sufficiently to prevent its rattling.

While I have shown a particular construction of weather-strip embodyingthe features of my invention, it will be understood that I may makealterations, if desired, in the detailed construction of the devicewithout departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

Aweather-strip comprising in combination with a door, a board recessedon one face 'thereof and adapted to be held to said door, a clampingmembercomprising two metallic strips and a flexible weather 7 strip heldbetween the same,the corresponding ends of said metallic strips beingbent at an angle over one end of said board, pins carried in offsets inIn testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 40 signature in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM F. VEBER.

Witnesses:

CLAYTON S. ROGERS, GEORGE L. CARMACK.

